Biodiversity : Films

29 October 2004

National Geographic's environmental documentary series, Strange Days on Planet Earth, has won the coveted Panda Award for Best Series at the 2004 Wildscreen film festival. The second film in the series, The One Degree Factor, came away with the Natural History Museum's One Planet Award for its focus on global warming.

28 March 2001

Five times since life began mass extinctions have rocked the planet, but is the world heading for the greatest extinction yet? State of the Planet puts puts this question to the test in an excellent three-part series produced by the BBC and presented by David Attenborough.

9 March 2001

Invasive species are now one of the greatest threats to the biodiversity of the planet. Throughout history rats, cats, and all sorts of other non-native species have been spread by humans - often with disasterous consequences for indigenous wildlife. But the globalisation of commerce and travel has accelerated the process.

9 March 2001

With the increasing demand for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), not only in China but the world over, practioners have been become thetarget of conservationists who accuse them of endangering rare animal and plant species.

9 March 2001

In a densely populated country like the UK, areas of true wilderness are now few and far between. But they can be found in the least expected places: like the bombing ranges of the UK's Ministry of Defence.

9 March 2001

From the Mongolian steppes the horsemen of Genghis Khan rode out to carve out a great empire that stretched from the grasslands of Central Europe to the Pacific. Only in Eastern Mongolia does the steppeland survive intact. Covering an area almost the size of Japan, horses and a spectacular array of wildlife far outnumber the semi-nomadic human population.

9 March 2001

The countries of the European Union have signed up to Natura 2000, a plan to create a transfrontier network of protected areas. That was in 1992. As governments drag their feet, WWF is among those lobbying for the European Commission to take action.

9 March 2001

Ranked as one of the world's top 200 sites for the diversity of species which live beneath its waves, the Sulu-Sulawesi Sea is home to turtles, marine mammals, vast expanses of coral and nearly 2000 species of fish.

9 March 2001

The great coastal forest that once stretched unbroken from Mozambique to northern Kenya has been reduced to scattered patches. The film shows that its survival in Kenya owes much to one people's spiritual bond with the forest.

9 March 2001

Essential for food, fuel, clothing and shelter - plants are the lifeblood of the world. Yet almost everywhere, that lifeblood is being drained away - as pollution, deforestation, urbanisation and modern agriculture all take their toll.